{"id":38329,"date":"2026-05-18T20:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Nate-Diaz-shuts-down-retirement-talk-The-show-goes-on-201240"},"modified":"2026-05-18T20:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:57:25","slug":"nate-diaz-shuts-down-retirement-talk-the-show-goes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/nate-diaz-shuts-down-retirement-talk-the-show-goes-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz shuts down retirement talk: &#8216;The show goes on&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nate-diaz-shuts-down-retirement-talk-the-show-goes-on.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Nate<br \/>\nDiaz still has plenty of fight left in him. | Sarah Stier\/Getty<br \/>\nImages for Netflix<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Nate-Diaz-11451\">Nate<br \/>\nDiaz<\/a> ended first MMA fight in nearly four years covered in<br \/>\nblood.<\/p>\n<p>After two fairly lopsided rounds in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Most-Valuable-Promotions-Rousey-vs-Carano-111723\"><br \/>\nMost Valuable Promotions &#8220;Rousey vs. Carano&#8221;<\/a>co-main event,<br \/>\nDiaz\u2019s corner waved off the fight against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mike-Perry-176179\">Mike Perry<\/a>,<br \/>\ngiving the BKFC \u201cKing of Violence\u201d an emphatic TKO victory against<br \/>\na man who emerged as biggest stars of the sport over the past<br \/>\ndecade-plus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> While the bout wasn\u2019t especially competitive, the Stockton,<br \/>\nCalifornia, native remains defiant regarding his fighting future.<br \/>\nWhen Diaz is ready to retire, he vows that it won\u2019t be a public<br \/>\nspectacle \u2014 and that day doesn\u2019t seem to be coming anytime<br \/>\nsoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The show goes on,&#8221; Diaz said at Saturday\u2019s post-fight press<br \/>\nconference. &#8220;I felt the same way as when I lost when I was younger<br \/>\nand the same as the last time. I don&#8217;t have a checkout time, you<br \/>\nknow what I&#8217;m saying? That s\u2014t\u2019s forever.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cAnd when I do check out, I don&#8217;t need to be f\u2014ing crying about it<br \/>\nto the f\u2014ing media and put my gloves down in the ring. You f\u2014ing go<br \/>\nout into the woods and have your f\u2014ing life then, you know what I&#8217;m<br \/>\nsaying? That&#8217;s like, you&#8217;ve got to explain yourself why you&#8217;re not<br \/>\nfighting anymore? Do whatever the f\u2014k you want. But as of now, I<br \/>\nfeel like I have a long road ahead of me and a lot of s\u2014t to<br \/>\ndo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First on Diaz\u2019s agenda is a potential rematch with Perry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, yeah, let&#8217;s start that ASAP, ASAP,&#8221; Diaz said. &#8220;Heal<br \/>\nup, and I&#8217;ll start running on Monday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cesar-Gracie-14882\">Cesar<br \/>\nGracie<\/a> Fight Team standout has lost three of his last four MMA<br \/>\nappearances dating back to his BMF title defeat to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jorge-Masvidal-7688\">Jorge<br \/>\nMasvidal<\/a> in 2019. He\u2019s also split a pair of boxing matches,<br \/>\nlosing a unanimous verdict to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jake-Paul-385381\">Jake Paul<\/a> in<br \/>\nAugust 2023 before taking a majority decision against Masvidal in<br \/>\nJuly 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>No Shame in Losing<\/h2>\n<p>Regardless of what the future holds, Diaz remained defiant toward<br \/>\nanyone who suggests he calls it a career because of the loss to<br \/>\nPerry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then people will be like, \u2018You lost, you should hang them up.\u2019<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m like, isn&#8217;t this the most violent motherf\u2014er who just<br \/>\nknocked out f\u2014ing middleweight champion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Luke-Rockhold-23345\">Luke<br \/>\nRockhold<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jeremy-Stephens-12179\">Jeremy<br \/>\nStephens<\/a>. And who the f\u2014k did he just beat? <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Eddie-Alvarez-9265\">Eddie<br \/>\nAlvarez<\/a>? He&#8217;s the lightweight champion forever,\u201d Diaz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then, yeah, and he&#8217;s popping, he&#8217;s doing all this s\u2014t,<br \/>\nfighting everybody\u2026 I just fought the most violent motherf\u2014ker<br \/>\nright there. So maybe I just need to f\u2014ing run a little harder next<br \/>\ntime and get the f\u2014ing job done.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz still has plenty of fight left in him. | Sarah Stier\/Getty Images for Netflix Nate Diaz ended first MMA fight in nearly four years covered in blood. After two fairly lopsided rounds in the Most Valuable Promotions &#8220;Rousey vs. Carano&#8221;co-main event, Diaz\u2019s corner waved off the fight against Mike Perry, giving the BKFC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}